Night Photography Settings

Necessary Settings In Your Camera

As you can see from our gear list, you will not be needing a flash on this one. Everything that we need to set to achieve the proper exposure will be in your camera.

So let’s fast forward. You found a neat place, you’ve set up your camera on your trusty sturdy tripod… Now what?

Set your camera in Manual Mode (M). Don’t get scared because you left the Creative Zone! Being in Manual Mode, we are able to control everything from Aperture, ISO level to Shutter Speed. Which by the way, are the three main factors we will be focusing on.

Aperture: Set your f-stop to about f22. This will ensure everything in your plane are in focused.

ISO: 100. The lower the better, this will ensure a noise-free picture especially during long exposures.

Shutter Speed: 15+ seconds or more.

A note lifted from here.

Set for Timed Exposure: To prevent any additional shake to the camera, using your 2-second timer on your camera is a MUST.

RAW: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS Shoot in RAW.